What makes Bob an outstanding
tennis player is his repertoire of trick shots. Most tennis players donít
use trick shots effectively, but outstanding players do, and Bob possesses
an unusual number of trick shots. My favorite trick shot of his is the
ultra-high lob he hits from between his legs when he is facing away from
the net.

1. Outstanding
tennis players use trick shots effectively.2. Bob
possesses an unusual number of trick shots, including the ultra-high lob
he hits from between his legs while facing away from the net.Therefore,
Bob is an outstanding tennis player.

2.Deduction/Syllogism:
Major Premise + Minor Premise + ConclusionProblem: Our jails are full
of peopleconvicted of drug possession. How could one argue for decriminalizing
drug possession?

Simple possession of illicit
drugs should be decriminalized in America. Drug laws completely miss the
mark in their effort to solve America's drug problem. Legislators don't
realize that drug addicts are only hurting themselves when they use drugs,
and it doesn't make sense to lock someone in prison unless their behavior
hurts other people.

1. People
should be found guilty of a crime when their behavior hurts other people.2. People
hurt only themselves when they possess and use illicit drugs.Therefore,
simple possession of illicit drugs should be decriminalized.

A business must keep its customers
in order to remain successful, and customers may choose to do business
elsewhere if a business does not provide parking spaces for them. Universities
must provide parking spaces for students. If they don't, they may lose
enrollment because students will go to schools where parking is not an
issue.

1. Businesses
need to keep their customers in order to be successful.2. Businesses
will not be able to retain their customers if they do not provide parking
for them.3. A
university is essentially business, and its customers are students.Therefore,
in order to remain successful, a university must provide adequate parking
for its students or it will lose them to other institutions that do provide
adequate parking.

4. Deduction
& The Conditional Argument: If X and Y, X, therefore Y

The problem: How can the
university create more parking spaces without creating new parking lots
or ramps?

Paragraph form:The University should encourage
people to car pool in order to reduce demand on its limited parking space.
The University could encourage people to car pool by charging parking rates
based upon the number of occupants in the car; the more occupants, the
lower the rate per hour. People will car pool because it saves each person
money, and if more people car pool (as opposed to driving individually),
fewer parking spots will be needed.

1. If
more students were car pooling instead of driving individually, fewer parking
spots would be needed at the university.2. Students
will car pool when they can save money by doing so.Therefore,the
university can create more parking spaces by basing parking rates upon
the number of people in each car.